Toronto, how many languages do you speak?

I ask strangers in Toronto what languages they speak. As you can see, Toronto is a very multicultural city full of languages from all around the world. Hope you enjoy, and you may support my work if you chose to :)
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[@TheNewTravel]

If you haven't seen it already, I made the same video idea in Montréal! 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXaZiqx-j6ajq5Y Which city did it better? You decide! 😎

[@jekl3loodmoon642]

Always gunna be montréal because québec the best in all north america X_o my kid 2 years old beat them :P

[@bobbbxxx]

@@jekl3loodmoon642 LOL! There are more than just two languages in Canada. Half of the 6.5million people in the GTA were born outside of Canada. You sound very sure of your answer, but... you might give it some thought. 😉

[@jekl3loodmoon642]

​@@bobbbxxx i think there is a big misunderstanding here because i dont understand at all what you are talking about it has nothing to do with what i said lol.

[@bobbbxxx]

@@jekl3loodmoon642 The two videos are about the number of languages spoken in Toronto and Montreal, and the question asked was which city speaks more languages (Toronto or Montreal). You said it's always going to be Monteal, and something about your 2 year old kid speaking more languages. What was it you were trying to say?

[@bdwon]

I remember that one! It had the French lady visiting from France in it!

[@jafar_mtr]

Speaking another language is a gift. Don't ever let someone talk down on you, just because you can speak a different language. We all should learn more than just our own language, there is a whole world out there to explore.

[@emiriebois2428]

YES

[@ВикторПетров-я1в]

How anyone talk down to a person, who know more languages, than who talks down?

[@sourenamoradi5195]

never heard of anyone that talks down on someone because they speak more than one language...

[@vommir.]

@@sourenamoradi5195 Heh I think it would be more in a scenario where you are speaking a 'foreign' language around an english speaker and gets offended.

[@anastasia_w]

Knowledge of languages is not a gift. No one can "gift" it to you like no one can just give you any other skill. Any skill is a product of hard work of learning. When I was a child my parents said that only gifted people can learn foreign languages and I wasn't gifted enough to even try. But i tried anyway. They were so wrong. Almost anyone can learn a couple of foreign languages. It just takes time and effort.

[@alexandrafisher3614]

I like that the last person asked "how fluently"? That makes a huge difference in how many languages a person "really" speaks. Also, a person can read more languages than he speaks, since when one reads, one does not have to form the language's phonology, just understand it. Good video.

[@klee7724]

I completely agree about the reading vs speaking. I don't consider myself bilingual but I can comfortably read French and Korean and figure out what it says but there is no way I'm speaking these languages to someone else haha I'd probably embarrass myself

[@YSFmemories]

On the other hand, I completely disagree with this. I can't write Chinese at all but I can speak it and understand it fluently with 0 accent. I can understand like 80% of Japanese TV with no subtitles, but again, I can't read.

[@ninja.saywhat]

totally! i know people who claim to speak certain languages but only knows a few phrases here and there.

[@yipi5684]

@@klee7724 how long did it take for you to understand/know korean? especially when its the language with the most words and an isolate, do you just understand some basic things or could you read a whole news article and understand

[@scriptyshake]

I totally agree with this. I speak 3 languages fluently, my native tongues are French and Italian and I reached a fluent level in English. I now study in the Netherlands so I started leaning Dutch. Reading or understanding doesn't mean speaking. I can do okay when reading Dutch but so far I am incapable of speaking it! x)

[@Kacatkun]

The lady at the final of the video was really impresive. She's just enjoying learning.

[@alanguages]

Agreed. She actually goes out of her way to learn languages for the purpose, that the journey itself is the joy.

[@DiamonBash]

She was also cute. Was getting engaged with the question.

[@earendel8873]

the last lady, it's so comforting to look at her 💚

[@DIN_A8]

love her ... i guess she has German roots, no one is learning German for fun :D Also most older people in Germany know Latin as it was mandatory for higher education back in the days (or even still is?).

[@bormotun]

The old lady at the end of the video is very cool. So humble and down to earth when she mentions she's reading The Hobbit in Latin.

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

So cool to see people speaking so many languages.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I love learning new languages

[@oasis1282]

@@deutschmitpurple2918 Learn German channel is good

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

@@oasis1282 🥰🥰❤❤

[@mikelisteral7863]

broken english doesnt count as a language

[@lisakrav4681]

@@mikelisteral7863 count 1/2

[@Alanhslc]

I also live in Toronto, and I think it's interesting that you didn't find any person who speaks Portuguese and English considering that there are many Brazilians here.

[@emiriebois2428]

Yes

[@davidz6066]

i want to learn portuguese and i speak spanish so i hope it wont be that difficult

[@ryan_Almeida21]

@@davidz6066 It may seem easy but it's also tricky because you'll think you know a lot when you actually don't because of their similarities, but man once you start, do not give up, it'll eventually pay off

[@vommir.]

@@davidz6066 It's worth it!

[@mikelisteral7863]

broken english doesnt count as a language

[@KyleRoth]

I love that you do this kind of on-the-street investigative reporting. It really gives the feel for a place.

[@TheNewTravel]

Appreciate it Kyle!

[@StandhighAbove]

Crazy to think these places are different. I'm from INdiana and it's like this minus the languages and city. Like the feel.

[@sofasniperman]

Dude it does!

[@blissr6277]

looks like hes on stgeorge u can tell by the old buildings especially at uoft mix of modern and old

[@Samsaknight]

@@StandhighAbove Visit Toronto

[@loomkkoom]

In Belgium we have 3 national languages (dutch, french and german) so everyone learns at least 4 in school (including english). So most people here know at least 2-3 pretty well. People with an immigration background will often add one to that (arabic, greek, italian, turkish etc.) Always wonderful to be in a place where such a diversity is possible.

[@jayvynn2391]

@@gorillapizzascooty9830 ?

[@LOLONO666]

not true,,,french speaking only know one language

[@amor4dior169]

@@LOLONO666 Lol yeah they're Wallonia, the Dutch speaking side doesn't claim them

[@synkaan2167]

@@LOLONO666 I know several Walloon and they all speak at least French and English, some also learned some Flemish but it's true that Belgian on the Flemish side learn more French than the Walloon learn Flemish ^^

[@stecher1995]

@@synkaan2167 it is so nice that we have in middle europe such a variety of languages and still so many similarities. i watched some months ago a channel linguistic or something where flemish belgish german dutch and so were in a video where they were comparing their native languages. so interesting, watch that if u are from here. i love that that when i go to belgium or netherlands that they mostly understand me, of course not in the west side of the country. i am german russian and i think it is very important that we in europe hold together now because we are almost 1 nation.

[@hjazimi]

So oddly satisfying to watch this video . I for sure have forgotten how good it feels to talk to a stranger and learn something about their life . Thank you for sharing this

[@rhodeldelacourt8487]

ikr, i didn't talk to strangers since so long

[@442C]

the woman who spoke latin at the end seemed really interesting I wanted you to ask more question hahaha, good video

[@TheNewTravel]

She was very nice!

[@khakimo100]

I found her so inspiring!

[@Matt-by3yd]

Seemed to me she might have been in a a bit of a solitary mood and was quickly adjusting to socializing haha

[@milan.s2681]

Probably historian or philosophy teacher. Italian, german and latin are core languages for historian.

[@productplacement39]

that lady sounded like she was from the UK, maybe not, but she had a bit of a mid-Atlantic accent, particularly when she said the word "actually" around 08:45

[@henrystoes6508]

The woman at 4:47 seems like such a joyful, kind person! These videos are nice- it's cool to see a look into strangers' lives. Very human and reflective.

[@heroengineer8072]

Personally I speak 3 languages (Uzbek, English, Korean) fluently and two others (Russian and Turkish) at an elementary level. Speaking another language is a huge gift and I benefited from it a lot.

[@monikaherath7505]

Woah. Are you part of the koryo-saram diaspora?

[@heroengineer8072]

@@monikaherath7505 I am not 고려인. I have been in Korea for almost 4 years as a student. The language barrier here in Korea pushed me to learn Korean to survive.

[@sukhrobadilov159]

Vankuverdan salomlar

[@heroengineer8072]

@@sukhrobadilov159 assalomu alaykum :)

[@monikaherath7505]

@@heroengineer8072 How do Koreans treat you? How is it there for an Uzbek? I'm very interested to know!

[@chrismne92]

8:06 - What a lovely lady! I dont know do you do this intentionally, but you edit these videos in a way that they touch a person who watches it. You always put some landscape scene in between and you always put right persons in right places in a vids. There is no heavy editing here, like adding background music, effects, some special faetures...we just see people, hear them speaking, background sounds coming from cars, nature, etc, and yet all your videos feels like they have a soul. I really enjoy watching it cuz of that. Keep up the good work. Cheers :)

[@freakyflow]

Sadly in "Toronto" Is Native Mohawk (Tkaronto) For : "Where there are trees standing in the water" And yet you will not find many Native people in Toronto And even fewer that still speak the tribe's languages. Gives you a grasp of people that speak other foreign languages from either being from another country Or having parents of a country that speak it at home. I speak English, Français, Nehiyawok. - Cree. I am Metis which also has its own blended language that also forms a dialect with Acadian French

[@TheNewTravel]

Very interesting! It makes me a bit sad that I haven’t featured any languages of the native people of Canada in these videos. It’s definitely a part of Canada I want to feature as it’s an important part of the story of this country.

[@aaakenway2416]

Please explain to me how Toronto is a Mohawk name when people living there were the Wandat, Attawandaron and Missisaugas. Is it because the English asked the Mohawks about the names of all the lands around the great lakes? It seems odd the city would be called after a language so far away.

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

@@aaakenway2416 Huron Iroquois also lived/migrated through the region that became Toronto. And their language had some commonality with Mohawk who lived a bit further south in what eventually became NY state.

[@yl3766]

Thanks for ur knowledge

[@HangThiPhuong]

Being able to speak more than one language is something incredibly amazing because you have the ability to understand and communicate with more types of people, Which can broaden your horizon🎉

[@SeanHai-w5u]

yeah, I can just speak mandarin and a little English, I feel it's cool if somebody can speak more than one languages.

[@SeanHai-w5u]

From your name, i think that you know some mandarin! you can speak 3 languages at least!

[@HangThiPhuong]

@@SeanHai-w5u I’m trying to improve more ☘️

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

The hardest language in my own experience, is any second language anyone is learning. Once you master a 2nd language, you are ready for the next, once you master 3 languages, ready for the next, and so on. I speak, write and read 4 languages. German, Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish. But I can also understand a lot of written words in Italian and French, because many words are related to languages I already know very well. Besides that just a few words I have picked up from a couple of other languages. Folks it takes the desire and paying attention to learn. Really not that hard to do. Memorizing all nouns, and then the verbs using any bilingual dictionary is one way to go. Said dictionary already tells how to pronounce each word. Then just practice hearing the language and find opportunities to use and practice conversing in the language of your choice. Languages certainly open doors to opportunities in the job market and in life. You can also make many more friends, when you speak their language.

[@yo6285]

said very well! i agree so much as well

[@yannislaurin5438]

Please Tell me you don't live in Québec

[@antiquefuturistic]

Thats true for any related language

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

True 👍👍

[@benjamindeharo314]

As antique futuristic already said, it's true for languages that are related. English is my second language and I'm now learning Japanese, it's tremendously harder than English

[@iwantcheesecake63]

I love how diverse Canada is 😌

[@mikelisteral7863]

broken english doesnt count as a language

[@jellyzluv]

ikr

[@Lucy-cl2qk]

@@mikelisteral7863 it literally does, be an idiot somewhere else

[@iwantcheesecake63]

@@mikelisteral7863 not language wise Diverse by their origin country!

[@NehaSingh-yb8uo]

@@iwantcheesecake63 India is more diverse

[@ivananderson5041]

It's nice to see the older woman at the end of the video use her mind to still learn and not be giving up on life hope to be the same at her age.

[@AidanK_ART]

I'm not from Canada, but everyone shares their experience, so I'll do it too :)) I speak only two languages ​​- Russian (native) and English. But I also speak some French (from school), Spanish and Latin (from university). I'm currently learning Japanese at a Japanese language school so I can speak it too but I'm far from being fluent lol I really like to learn foreign languages. I noticed that when switch between them, the personality slightly changes haha ​​at least it happens to me all the time. When I speak my native language I’m harsh and quite serious, when I speak English I’m more talkative and friendly, when I speak Japanese I get a little shy and very polite haha

[@Axel-sr3ts]

The language keeps a culture of nation, I've noticed those changes too, that's why recommended to learn new language with mentality of nation at the same time

[@pcclassic]

Ты крутой чел!

[@ivanmolero7829]

Funny, because in English I get judgmental. With Russian I feel happy and want to sing.

[@jaydoe5654]

Thanks for sharing! Funny you mention personalities... I am learning Spanish and I really enjoy it. In turn that picks my mood up and gets me real curious and bubbly. When I speak English I swear a lot and am more serious.

[@carlisclosetedphgt3666]

the guy who responded zero is so rude 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@SL-tg8pi]

I’m not surprised. A have friends who came from different countries to Toronto. In my case my first language is Russian and I can speak pretty well in English and Finnish. However with time I’m starting to forget rest of the languages. In the past I could be able to speak, write and read in German, Kazakh, Swedish, but I didn’t practice them that much. Now I learning Spanish, because I fell in love with this language. My advice is to practice the language(s) that you learned or know, because it’s so cool and can open so much opportunities to you. From brain exercises to looking for different relationships/friendships that you might have in the future

[@earl3318]

hi! wow you actually have a really impressive list of languages which made me wonder, are you ethnically russian or kazakh?

[@SL-tg8pi]

@@earl3318 my ethnicity is Slavic.

[@Tionotsorry]

I admire you for learning Kazakh. Glad to see my language getting recognition, good stuff!

[@Typical_Penguin]

I never realized how speaking 5 languages is considered a lot. Living in a country where you're surrounded by tons of different cultures and ethnicities, you're basically forced to speak many languages (and when I say forced, i don't mean it in a bad way). Anyways, I can speak English, Dutch, Javanese, Spanish and Sranang Tongo (the native language) I'm from Suriname 🇸🇷

[@бре-ц6ч]

Javanese seems very interesting to me

[@AmieW]

at first im shocked how can you speak javanese, turns out you are from suriname, wow! im originated in java island, greetings!

[@Solikinmati]

knew instantly you're from suriname when you mentioned that you speak javanese and no Indonesian on the list. hahaha

[@AlCatSplat]

I know Java language too, I use it when I code.

[@mckinseyand2022]

Netflix drama Suriname....great.

[@indigoa5591]

I’ve been learning English,and I’m upset because I find myself making no progress recently 😢 I totally agree that the hardest language is your second language.I’m so afraid of making mistakes and worried about my accent, so the anxiety always holds me back to speak English 😭

[@hopestar5287]

I'm also facing same problem as you 🥲🥲

[@indigoa5591]

@@hopestar5287 could I ask where are you from 😂?

[@jeklo3713]

​@@indigoa5591 you brother where you came from? don't worry brother I'm also worst I don't have a progress at all 🤣

[@jeklo3713]

​@@indigoa5591 I think you're English are better than mine 🤣 I also don't care about my grammar 😆 I know that this not my mother tongue so yeah chill 😂

[@indra5112]

You guys both are very cool, and you should know it!Actually, in our language-learning community almost nobody cares about your accent and where you come from, and even if you make mistakes many people will either ignore it or try to help you to get better.Just don't worry and learn :D

[@hemikiwi817]

The final lady was so modest and yet so talented

[@バニドゥードゥル]

it was really inspiring! being able to speak more than 1 language absolutely makes people's life richer!

[@ashwinpande7095]

Toronto seems like such a welcoming place for immigrants and people of different cultures and they all appear to get along so well. This could really be a global example of an ideal city.

[@househipppo]

it is!! born and raised here, don’t know a more multicultural city in the world

[@ricebucket5947]

the transit system SUCKS though. TTC is terrible. far far from world class. And it is highly unaffordable (if you want to own real estate). I have grown up here and it is lovely indeed but there are major drawbacks as well.

[@halfvolley11]

Its not Toronto that is welcoming - it is the Canadian Federal Goverment and Provincial Goverments that made Immigration easy.

[@yl3766]

@@ricebucket5947 oh my, come to Edmonton, Alberta. Our LRT sucks ass, Toronto is way better lol

[@alukuhito]

Just as long as you also speak English and abide by the essentially British rules and ways to behave...

[@klee7724]

As someone born and raised in Toronto, it's so easy to forget the little details like 'how many languages do you speak' and all of these answers seemed so normal to me... but after reading through comments realized how uncommon and unique this is. Love my city ❤

[@foxeiax]

I’m currently learning a 3rd language 😅 hats off to everyone who can speak more than 3 languages effortlessly. I aspired to do the same one day 👍🏻

[@foxeiax]

@gautha pandithDude, no needs to be so salty. Just mind your own progress and nevermind what others say/do.

[@nsevv]

just add esperanto, the easiest language to learn in the world and after that add sign language. boom! now you know 5 languages.

[@memmedbaku4606]

@@foxeiax I think you misunderstood the lad/lady/transgender 😀😀person. I think they support your statement in the sense that many who brag on internet that they speak 10 - 12 languages fluently and they are under fifty, they outright lie. It takes lifetime to be able to speak fluently in four or five languages. I can believe that a few can learn to speak seven or eight languages FLUENTLY if they focus on it and spend most of their time for it and they are over sixty. But for God's sake not 12 languages as someone up in this comments section lied! 😀

[@memmedbaku4606]

@@foxeiax I am over fifty I speak 4 languages fluently including my own, and one on the intermediate level and another on a basic level (i.e. I can get around the city speaking that language)

[@foxeiax]

@@memmedbaku4606 You might be right, I didn't read much into it. If the OP meant exactly that I'd also agree to the comment. I've met people who are able to speak 6 or more languages but they're not fluent in every single one of them (not saying there aren't any). Neither am I, I am able to speak English and Dutch but nowhere nearly fluent as native speakers. Languages take many years to learn, perhaps a lifetime.

[@ProDoc18]

That old lady in the ending was so sweet!

[@Juliebluesea]

To the guy speak in Vietnamese that he doesn't know to speak a lot of Vietnamese, I can say your pronunciation was pretty good. Thank you for spending your time on learning Vietnamese ☺️

[@Shay45]

Could you ask them if they learned them as children or adults? And “What advice do they have to learning a new language?”

[@ghostofday5025]

the best way to learn language is to have conversation with the people who already speak that language. and from personal experience watching movie in that language helps immensely

[@indra5112]

@@ghostofday5025 absolutely. You may think and say whatever you want but in the end there's only one good way to learn and master a language - just practice more

[@wanderlust16]

That 1st question is a good one cause it's a lot more impressive to learn a language as an adult since it takes effort. I have been speaking both French and English from the start, and I don't believe I have a talent for new languages. I wouldn't be the best person to ask the 2nd question!

[@wanderlust16]

@@indra5112 Yeah, but practice how? Learners need advice on which ways to practice.

[@indra5112]

@@wanderlust16 my advice is just practice (even if that sounds a bit silly).I personally learned English by talking to natives in games and chats, watching videos and reading comments (same with my Spanish).You need to surround yourself with the language you want to learn

[@tabc6870]

Toronto is insanely diverse. I love this city.

[@halfvolley11]

Yeah but groups stick to each other - most white girls prefer to date other white men. They are not mixing. Only Asian girls want to mix.

[@stepanfedorov561]

@@halfvolley11 There is nothing wrong or strange in this to emphasize it.

[@halfvolley11]

@@stepanfedorov561 It is strange and discriminatory for immigrant boys. They want to date white girls but they are racists. If more white men start taking immigrant girls, immigrant boys will start crime.

[@YajasDwivedi]

The girl at 5:23 added Hindi after Urdu. They're basically the same languages, Urdu has just more farsi words and Hindi more Sanskrit. If you're fluent in either, the other is intelligible. It's like getting to say you speak two languages just by knowing one :)

[@MarokoJin]

Yep, that's what my urdu teacher told me and of course the script is different but it won't take too much time to learn it.

[@Assalamualaykum001]

I also would have said both just to show off (numbers count) 😂

[@kc4276]

@@Assalamualaykum001 same 😂

[@shrekscumdumpster2834]

it’s the same with slovak and czech! it always impresses people when i say i speak both of them even though i basically just learnt one haha

[@depressedelectron0516]

But the script is totally different so basically they can speak half and understand full but can't read or write at all

[@0707TS]

Thanks

[@TheNewTravel]

Appreciate it man!

[@HDFootballFootage]

For people who don’t know Toronto is actually the most diverse city in the world. Majority of the people here are first generation or second generation immigrants

[@markasdievovaikas]

Hi, Dan... Awesome video! I speak English, Lithuanian, and fairly modest Mexican Spanish! I was born in America but Lithuanian was my first language as a child growing up in my Lithuanian immigrant family. The Spanish comes from living in El Paso which is 85% bilingual here and my interests in visiting Mexico.

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

Lol I'm American buty first language is Spanish and I live in El Paso. 😅

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

@gautha pandith I'm from America I don't think you have ever been there but ok...

[@nimue4103]

@gautha pandith how did u even get that from their comment what?? are u mentally okay

[@ivanmolero7829]

Is Dievovaikas (God's child) your surname?

[@mittelego1098]

It's so cool that so many people speak more than one language. It kinda shows that they are open.

[@ir6plans60]

persian arabic english french and now learning russian and i got more motivated by your vod tnx m8

[@TheNewTravel]

Keep going bro 💪

[@mjhouda]

Awesome video, I am also from Toronto which encourages me to speak more languages! I speak English, French, Arabic, Japanese, and some Spanish/Portuguese. Cheers !

[@jiyoungkim5577]

Wow

[@karbyy12]

This type videos give me inspire to learn another language . My mother tongue is Turkish but with only one language you cant feel to belong to world. So you must learn at least one more language. I started with English and want to learn Russian German and French. Just start and talk then it will flow like a river. Thank you so much The New Travel💖🌍🌎🌏

[@bmorgado2571]

It was a new experience seeing Toronto through the lense of your camera. Thanks! keep em' coming.

[@Entername-md1ev]

I’m from Toronto born and raised and am impressed at how many languages torontonians can speak! I speak 3 (English, French, and Cantonese) but I’d love to learn Spanish in the future

[@doeeyes2]

Also born and raised in Toronto. I speak Polish, English and French. Spanish would be next.

[@edbabine]

a lot of international people in Toronto it make sense. 2-3 languages is probably common .

[@joseguzman8447]

@@doeeyes2 nice 🙂

[@Ali_Abdurahman]

i speak, english, harari (ethiopian Semitic language,) a little arabic and french from canada

[@JuriiiaZ]

Thumb up for the elderly lady in 8:30! Fantastic video!

[@teagoldleaf4137]

Latin, very cool. When mom was in high-school (Canada) they still taught Latin back then. This helped her learn many Latin based European languages. But her parents were from Europe so she got a head start 😊

[@nadialexa]

I speak Spanish and English fluently... and I had doubts about learning Italian and German because I thought it would be too difficult to learn two whole different ways of speaking. This video proved me wrong and it really motivated me!

[@agustinmarquezsegat4725]

The lady in the end gave me some sort of peace. I live in Toronto, Speak Spanish (Argentina), English, little bit French and learning 日本語 (Japanese). みなさん こんにちわ!

[@melid9]

same here🙂 Toronto based. fluent in English, French and Spanish and learning Japanese

[@ohuynhphuongthy8161]

4:03 I'm a Vietnamese and confirm that your accent really slayed ;) happy to hear someone speak Vietnamese

[@nao0oboom]

Awesome! I love how Toronto becomes home for so many people from all around the globe. I hope I'll get to see it in person some day

[@halfvolley11]

not all around the world- its mostly Chinese Filipino Indian Pakistanis.

[@sohigamer141]

​@@halfvolley11 you forgot to add ukranians, italians and Portuguese.

[@halfvolley11]

@@sohigamer141 yes refugees

[@dawnsybebo2632]

I am learning my second language right now and although it’s really hard and frustrating at time, this video kinda gives me hope, even though I feel like a lot of people in the video learned languages from birth, I know it’s not impossible for me to achieve my dreams. I’m working on my third language but at a much slower pace, and man I envy those that learned multiple languages from birth, you think about language so much differently. Learning languages from scratch it damn hard, but I believe in myself

[@magnolias646]

I learned how to speak Japanese in Toronto and now I do translation in Japan. I'm glad Toronto is a very multilingual city and there are many resources to learn about new languages and cultures, whether it be through school or people who moved from other countries.

[@pandacademy9398]

Could I ask how you got into translations? Did you have a certain JLPT level before applying? What does your job consist of? Sorry for so many questions ! I just haven't actually met someone else that's done it yet :x

[@얼음띄운시원한음료수]

You’re living my dream… I love Canada and Japan because people are calm and collected… I live in Texas but people are very fierce and confident I guess. Kind of stressful hahaha

[@thedominion6643]

Where in Toronto did you learn Japanese?

[@cantrait7311]

Unlike Canada Japan is closed to immigrants That country is 99 percent pure Japanese race and that’s the way the Japanese people want to keep it

[@carb1290]

I'm learning Japanese right now, and I'm from Toronto Hopefully one day I can get to do translation in Japan as well Cheers

[@audreyDsouza]

me and the rest of my family can speak several languages ​​portuguese, spanish, italian, france, hebrew, punjabi, malay and also english.. both of my parents often move from one country to another for work and now we are back home, I'm from portugal..my mother is of malaysian sikh descent btw🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Alanhslc]

haha I was looking for this comment. No one in the video mentioned they speak portuguese

[@audreyDsouza]

@@Alanhslc are you from portugal or brazil?have you ever been to asia or southeast asia?

[@Alanhslc]

@@audreyDsouza I'm brazilian. No, I've never been there, I wish I had hehe.

[@doit2810]

Interesting, I'm an Indian (Goan) with Portuguese descent (from my great grand-father). I know a lot of D'souzas in my hometown and family. Nice to meet the opposite (Portuguese of Indian descent)😁

[@audreyDsouza]

@@doit2810 my mother is mixed portuguese/malaysian sikh while my father is half mixed arabian/portuguese and i am a mixture of all of them..unique and complicated to explain🙋🏻‍♀️

[@lizapest8518]

I wonder how different the responses would be in other neighbourhoods. I notice that a lot of the interviews were near the Queenspark circle which would mean that you had a higher percentage of University of Toronto students and those working in government.

[@thegagz]

I think for most Torontonians, it's 2+. Their home language + english. If you go to scarborough and ask the same questions you'll get similar number of languages spoken

[@sheteg1]

@liz. The burbs would have more English as a second language then downtown. So I highly doubt more of a difference.

[@joseqr8042]

Lovely video... I'm from Costa Rica. I speak Spanish, English and some Italian, French, Portuguese and Mandarin. Pura Vida!

[@igotron50]

One of the many reasons I love Toronto. So many different kinds of people, every kind of language, culture, cuisine imaginable. You really see how different and how very similar people are around the world, once you strip away all the nonsense that divides us.

[@Eskkimo]

Well we can see mostly people living in Canada speak French, which is soo great. I'm in love with French and i love Canada as well. Great video btw.

[@gerardorendon2105]

Omg haha!!! I'm ashamed I only speak spanish, I subscribed to your channel to practice my English Dan. You´ve helped me in that Thanks

[@TheNewTravel]

Muy bien! Jaja

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

If you understand this video without Spanish subtitles the surely you speak at least 1.5 languages

[@abrorbobomurodov2361]

@@OntarioTrafficMan I couldnt agree more.

[@Muffaassa1]

Wow I'd love to visit Toronto one day. I speak 2 languages fluently (Japanese(native)&English(C2)). I also speak very basic Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia. I enjoy learning different cultures through language learning!

[@jacklinzhou]

I speak ChineseMandarin and Spanish fluently and English intermediate level and I can tell you Learning language is hard process but is Worth, because provide your from different views to see things and this is amazing

[@Clearboat]

true.i can't agree more..and 看网名就知道你会说中文了哈哈哈，いいですね

[@williamwong9481]

I think learning a second language is a cool thing. Because learning a new language can broaden your horizons.

[@AryaMeArya]

Человек начинает выглядеть совсем иначе как только говорит на другом языке.Это удивительно. Впечатление полностью меняется.

[@spankspa]

А когда начинает говорить на украинском - вообще расцветает.

[@vgd3490]

Есть целые исследования на эту тему, например гипотеза Сепира-Уорфа

[@sonyasever7625]

это называется "языковая личность", у каждого языка своя проявляется в поведении человека.

[@rodion7325]

@@spankspa, какие-то провинциальные комплексы

[@srinivasashree0000]

ಹೌದು ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯಾ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಅಡಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ

[@Goldbaboon]

About the ''R'' in french, you can use the tongue ''R'' or the throat ''R'' it doesn't really matter since there's no distinctions between them like in Spanish or Arabic. Back then, the people used the ''R'' made with the tongue. There's still people using it nowaday.

[@clairdelune7222]

Tongue R ça veut dire R roulé ? Parce que je sais pas comment c'est au Canada mais en France j'ai jamais entendu quelqu'un le rouler et si c'était le cas le gens le prendraient pour un étranger apprenant le français même si c'est vrai qu'il n'y a pas si longtemps que ça beaucoup de gens des campagnes le roulaient encore.

[@Goldbaboon]

@@clairdelune7222 Ça doit dépendre des régions, mais voici ce que j'ai trouvé: « La Québécoise et le Québécois moyens d'aujourd'hui ne roulent pas le "r". [...] Le "r" roulé a commencé sa mort lente au Québec avec la Révolution tranquille », souligne l'orthophoniste Agathe Tupula Kabola, qui retrace l'histoire de cette parlure si particulière. Jusqu'aux années 1970, la prononciation du "r" roulé était très différente entre les habitants de l'ouest et de l'est de la province. Longtemps associée à la façon de parler des Montréalaises et des Montréalais, l'utilisation du "r" roulé a également varié dans le temps selon l'âge et le statut social.» (Radio canada, Émission moteur de recherche, 9 novembre 2019) Je dois aussi dire qu'il arrive que les hispanophones qui apprennent le français roulent les «R» J'ai aussi trouvé ça: « Le [R] français contemporain est une consonne fricative, c’est-à-dire qu’elle est produite avec un bruit de frottement dans la région arrière du palais. Par contre dans certains pays francophones (notamment en Afrique) le [r] est roulé c’est-à-dire que la langue s’enroule sur l’avant du palais. Autrefois (à l’époque où l’ancien français était utilisé) cette façon de prononcer le [r] était la marque des intellectuels en France ; aujourd’hui le français standard n’utilise plus le [r] roulé. Cependant, dans quelques régions françaises, cette manière de prononcer le [r] reste présente mais elle expose parfois les locuteurs à des jugements de valeurs positifs ou négatifs sur la qualité de leur expression, leur langue etc» (ila-france.fr/blog/apprendre-prononciation-r-francais)

[@JJYMTech]

Well the R in french look a lot like the r in german but it's a bit stronger so yeah they can use the tongue R

[@skatingcanuck9837]

The comment to the guy who speaks zero whose gf impressively speaks 4 languages - awesome! I hope she isn't pulling all the weight in other areas of the relationship. That said he is Korean and I suspect he speaks at least two languages. Dan what I loved most about this video is that Toronto is not like some (not all) other parts of NA where many people only speak one language.

[@childfreesingleandatheist8899]

0:24 You can tell that guy has a very good vibe. He looks chill, happy and very approachable.

[@xReaperrsx]

I don't know if the girl who spoke Turkish is a native speaker, but I think she grew up in Canada because her pronunciation and accent was native but the sentence structure was English. What I mean by that is for example, she said exactly "How are you feeling today?" but in Turkish the correct structure of the sentence should be "Today how are you feeling" and same goes for the latter rather than "I am very tired today" it should be "today I am very tired". The exact structure is a bit more complicated but in the simplest way it is like this.

[@borisgitlin5192]

I speak fluent Russian, English, Spanish. Médium level Belarussian, Italian, French. Basic level of Ukrainian, Polish, Portuguese. It includes reading, writing and verbal understanding ( audio). “How many languages do you know - that many times you are a man” (Anton Chekhov)

[@anastasia_w]

That's impressive! And which was your first language?

[@borisgitlin5192]

My mother tongue is Russian. English was in school. Spanish was in University. Polish and Belarussian after university. Ukrainian and Portuguese during my trips to Ukraine and Brazil. Italian and French after retirement.

[@Luiza52950]

Вдохновляете 👍

[@borisgitlin5192]

@@Luiza52950 мы ещё на этих языках поём! kzbin.info/door/6YV-788O5S8NRXeAfeRdlg

[@lisakrav4681]

yiddish?

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

I'm from Toronto and I speak 3 languages: English, French and Dutch. It is extremely common for Torontonians to speak many languages, though surprisingly few people speak French. I hear just as much European French in Toronto as Canadian French.

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

French is only really common in Québec, not as much as in Ontario except Ottawa because the Parliament is there and all official documents/meetings are done bi-lingually to honour the country's 2 official languages.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@_Just_Another_Guy There are several areas of Ontario where French is the majority language but Ottawa is not one of them. French is the primary language in eastern Ontario around Clarence - Rockland, as well as in northern Ontario around Hearst and Kapuskasing. According to the 2016 census, 88% of Hearst residents have French as a mother language, and 94% of residents speak French. Meanwhile only 12% of residents in the Ontario half of greater Ottawa can speak French at all.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@_Just_Another_GuyIn addition, northern and eastern New Brunswick are also majority francophone. Have you not heard of Acadie?

[@Entername-md1ev]

If you immigrated to Canada, chances are you only learned one of the two official languages to qualify. Those born in Canada will know more French since they learned it in school from a young age

[@jamesnoonan9302]

I tried learning Russian once, and I think Russian is one of the most beautiful languages. Now I am learning Japanese which is an awesome language to write, if you like detail. It is also a very complicated language, with many words which can have several, several meanings.

[@callhard]

いや日本語そんなに難しくないw

[@heyyanana]

спасибо 🥰

[@Uran_KH-98]

Ooohh, same my guy, same ✊️😂

[@goldmeteora5617]

I feel like Japanese is relatively more complicated for those having no previous knowledge of Kanji or East Asian culture in general but one upside regarding learning Japanese is pronunciation, which normally wouldn't take long to get used to.

[@goldmeteora5617]

And I'm kind of wondering if westerners would find Japanese grammar (especially verb variations) difficult since how it works is a bit similar to English, but a lot more detailed.

[@elfie9128]

This video made me feel happy. I love how simple it is and how nice ppl in the vid are. No toxic stuff on here

[@isotropisch82]

I speak English, German, Russian, and Spanish. Once you've learned Russian, anything is possible, it has all the grammar a language could have, so when I moved to Spain I picked up Spanish quite easily as there were very few new grammatical concepts.

[@milleis]

You want learning portugues?

[@isotropisch82]

@@milleis I would, but I think for the time being my brain has reached its capacity.

[@Rubokopter]

Id like to speak Russian but I really dont wanna put up with the grammar. Being a native German speaker I thought grammar cant be much worse in any other language. Russian proved wrong lol

[@milleis]

@@isotropisch82 ok

[@minjosof]

Now try Turkish ;)

[@KristinaZakhozhai]

This is why Toronto is so wonderful. Living here is like living everywhere! :)

[@sammexp]

Mostly just Indian and Chinese immigrants

[@emiriebois2428]

@@sammexp Not a big difference / deal for the natives, just two others groups next to the white Europeans who live on their lands !

[@emiriebois2428]

@@sammexp Not a big difference for the natives . Just two other foreign groups next to the white Europeans who live on their land .

[@salami7677]

@@sammexp This is why NYC feels more multicultural than Toronto. Minority communities in NYC are more evenly spread out, whereas a good chunk of minorities in Toronto are Indian and Chinese.

[@bbm1077]

it's a shithole

[@justapersonwithlostheart4821]

My native is Azerbaijanian. I also speak Turkish, English and Russian. And I plan to work on my Italian. Well, I'm 17 yet , I still have enough time :)

[@findiklikek]

Maşallah :D

[@thedeathstar420]

Is this in Toronto? Looks so good. Much more peaceful and cleaner than the big cities in the US!

[@chonchan12]

I’m from the US and I speak 5 languages. English is my native language but I am near fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and can speak French at a high intermediate level. My Korean (first language) is barely above basic since I grew up speaking English for most my life.

[@minjosof]

Almost the same, but my Korean is fluent (I just lack knowledge of some academic terminology)

[@jaybloomfield5082]

Didn't you speak Korean with your grandparents?

[@hakohito]

E onde q tu aprendeu a falar ptbr?

[@johnbosko6190]

My mother tongue is Arabic; besides, I speak English and Spanish at very good level. My German has deteriorated a bit due to lack of practice. now I am learning Turkish. I struggle moving between these languages. I forgot to say that I have learnt French up to B1 level. لقد كانت هذه الحلقة رائعة جداً, شكراً جزيلاً لك Fue muy agradable, muchas gracias İlginç bir bölümdü. Çok teşekkür ederim Es war eine interesante Folge. Vielen Dank C'etait un episode interessant, merci beaucoup

[@myriannel3109]

I speak my native French, fluent English and I picked up a few words in Japanese (a few phrases too) and i’m actually trying to learn Russian and Ukrainian. :) I love languages. I wish I could be fluent in Russian and Ukrainian. They are both beautiful languages.

[@judzarintocomak9330]

I'm Judy from Philippines and I'm currently learning French,I really love it.

[@heyyanana]

French is a very beautiful language, greetings from Russia 💜

[@sonechko-ro6tq]

Its so nice to hear you thinking Ukrainian is beautiful! Wish you all the best❤

[@myriannel3109]

@@sonechko-ro6tq thank you! I wishing you all the best to you too! Zelenzky made me discover these two languages with Квартал 95. I really love Слуга Народу! I watched the whole series and movie with english subtitles twice in a row! 😅 It made me want to watch it again but without subtitles. I also want to watch the evening shows. And with what is happening right now, i listen to the president’s addresses everyday. I love how Ukrainian sounds!

[@myriannel3109]

@@judzarintocomak9330 awesome! Good luck with it! It’s not an easy language! But you will be glad when you master it enough to have a conversation in it. Learning languages is so much fun!

[@michealb8508]

Now I actually kinda feel proud of myself being able to speak fluently 4 different languages after watching this vid. Living in Quebec rn, mandarin was my born with language, I’ve learnt first French, English then Japanese. Learning a language is hard, needless to say mastering one. But living in this multicultural environment had gave me the feeling that everybody in this world spoke more than 3 languages fluently.

[@rumipraetorian9716]

Why do people want learn east asian languages, it feels weird

[@Isow261]

@@rumipraetorian9716 They seriously sound horrible

[@KaMi-gz1il]

I love how Indian people learn many languages and also dialects. I wish in my country it was common to learn more than 1 language

[@santusanturohit4832]

We are multilingual society..

[@GenocideWesterners]

I am an Indian and I can speak three languages: English, Hindi and Kannada. It's common for younger Indians to know at least three languages.

[@doit2810]

Which are the dialects?

[@SB-kg6iw]

@@noxbox2099 They are different languages.

[@sleeperboi8701]

It doesn't count as a different language if it's from the same country

[@nestorian87]

It's fascinating to see how people of different nationalities are able to communicate with each other in multiple languages

[@crush42mash6]

I love the Canadians are so polite and welcome to talk to other people in any language! I had experience in Amsterdam this summer and they found out I was Canadian they were so welcoming and let me on a tour boat that was packed.

[@Taka-yn4tf]

I am a native Japanese speaker and am studying English. English is a universal language, so I envy English speakers. Also, French and Spanish are cool, like songs, and I hope to be able to speak them someday.

[@河在表-t1j]

私も英語を使う国で生まれたら良かったなって時々思います。いつか英語をペラペラに話せる時を夢見ながら英語の勉強をしています。一緒に頑張りましょう。

[@pandacademy9398]

@@河在表-t1j 逆に、英語話者の私は一生懸命で日本語と韓国語を勉強している中です。私も頑張ります！

[@河在表-t1j]

@@pandacademy9398 대단하시네요 화이팅

[@ivanmolero7829]

Aprende español un día y no te arrepentirás.

[@wonderbugone]

Torontonian here. I speak English natively, a bit of French from school (in a truly pitiful state) and some Korean through self-study. My speaking is better in Korean and my listening is better in French

[@Samsaknight]

I’m born and raised in Toronto and I just love how diverse the city is, especially downtown

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

Many suburban areas are also extremely diverse, such as Scarborough, Mississauga and Brampton

[@halfvolley11]

@@OntarioTrafficMan Those are not diverse - those are dominated by 1 or 2 ethnic groups - mostly Indian-Pakistanis and Chinese

[@Samsaknight]

@@halfvolley11 No it’s pretty diverse. At my school there’s more Bengali ppl tho. And I only know of 1 Indian person which is my friend

[@Samsaknight]

@@OntarioTrafficMan I live in Scarborough and yea it is very diverse. I love to see it

[@halfvolley11]

@@Samsaknight yeah right, Bengali are small here in Toronto, nobody even knows who they are. Sauga is Mini Pakistan - soon your daughters will be forced to wear hejab.

[@Biology-Simplified-in-Gujarati]

I am glad this video came to my attention randomly ❣️ it is such a fun to talk and know so many people.

[@بوعلامنصرالدين]

I want to learn English. Can you help me?

[@kazukisaita8111]

Learning new languages other than mother tongue allows you to see the different world which you would haven’t been able to see before learning new one. Right now, I am in Canada from Japan for improving my English skills and enriching my life, which have been great decision that I made in my life.

[@shindeirunani]

keep these coming! hope to visit Canada one day!

[@TheNewTravel]

You should!

[@Curt__]

Don't come

[@shindeirunani]

@@Curt__ ok

[@black.listed]

There is nothing here, you probably live in a better country

[@joon2611]

@@Curt__ Why..?

[@RPRIMICI]

I'm surprised you didn't run into more Filipinos (speak Tagalog). More and more are immigrating to Canada due to the nursing shortage. I speak english and after a lot of effort, I speak tagalog reasonably well too.

[@sammexp]

They don’t move to Toronto

[@VictorMendoza-kb9cr]

@@sammexp where are they more likely to move to?

[@sammexp]

@@VictorMendoza-kb9cr Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

[@ChadMoiMedia]

@@sammexp well over half of the staff at the nursing home I work at in BC is Filipino, same story throughout the province. They are all very nice hard working honest people.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

I grew up in Toronto and I heard a lot of Tagalog. It was probably just per chance that he didn't find any Tagalog speakers. There are a lot of Farsi speakers as well and he didn't find any of them either

[@MYTHOMINHTRAN]

I used to work in banking business in Switzerland, my boss was a lady who spoke (fluently) Swiss German, high German, English, Italian, French. I myself speak English, French (second language in highschool), German. Now I'm learning Mandarin and Thai.

[@katusa-f2t]

4:54 i love that she ask it back to you

[@ちゃ-y2d]

I am Japanese and a native speaker of Japanese. I'm studying Korean and English, so it's possible for me to have a slow conversation. I also tried Chinese, but it was difficult. I'm Japanese, so even if I can read some Chinese, I need to practice my pronunciation.

[@陈沫-u9g]

加油！

[@hayabusa1329]

I learned Korean is 2 days

[@Indiansareallpajeets]

我是中国人，我在学习日语，好难😢

[@captaincavemonkey]

I speak 1 language and 8 1/2 languages. My biggest problem with learning languages is that I am stuck in the midwest where the best you can hope for is to run into someone who speaks spanish moderately somewhat fluently. I spent a lot of time on duolingo and a few other sites for learning languages, but I don't get much real world practice. I hope to one day travel the world.

[@doeeyes2]

Born and raised in this beautiful multicultural city! I speak english, polish and french! 🇨🇦 ✌ 🌎

[@Embauss]

Based Latin Hobbit Lady.

[@a.biggajones5307]

🅱️ased

[@theangrycheeto]

Daily reminder that the only good not see is a dead not see.

[@youtubeuser206]

@@theangrycheeto like those ones in israel

[@TEARSlNTHERAlN]

She a baddie

[@theangrycheeto]

@@youtubeuser206 LOL you must be so mad that mossad has been hunting you freaks down and ex terminating you one by one.

[@jaydoe5654]

These videos put a huge smile on my face!

[@MrSnake1994]

looking at that grandma, makes me remember my late grandmother. She speak English, dutch, and german

[@benjiang9789]

I am fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese, Korean, French and Spanish. So so in Italian.

[@siooya]

语言小天才

[@bichphanngongoc6164]

3:57 he says that he can speak Vietnamese. I respect him. I hope more people can spend time studying Vietnamese. I know it is really difficult but exciting. I'm Vietnamese :>

[@CecilliaNguyen]

And his accent sounds so lovely, right? ☺️

[@bichphanngongoc6164]

so cute, how long have you been learning this language?

[@エクロクマ]

@@CecilliaNguyen how do you actually pronounce the last name Nguyen, I am not Vietnamese, I always pronounce it Gwen lol

[@nghigia7591]

as an Vietnamese I really have never thought about this until seeing you guys confused so much, and I also have no idea how to explain it in English cause i can’t find any word that sound similar 🥲 but i think raising up and curl your tough a bit can help proving the pronunciation

[@stevenchoi86]

​@@エクロクマ very difficult for English speakers because Vietnamese phonetics are so different from English. the ng at the beginning is the same sound you make when pronouncing -ng at the end of an English word. But instead of it being a final sound, it's the initial sound of the syllable. The -uyen sounds kinda like "we in" but it's a single syllable dipthong. Finally, the tone is a "broken tone," so your voice pitch goes from low to high, with a break

[@TheMeyerFamilyAroundTheWorld]

I speak three languages fluently: English, Hebrew and American Sign Language. I also speak French and Yidish but on a way lower level than I'd want to but hey I'm still young and got lots of motivation!

[@lavenderaqua2655]

Similar with me! I speak english fluently, I can get by with hebrew, yiddish and Spanish,(studying hard) and I’m learning korean and japanese (less studying).

[@ascende_superius]

Wow, first person here to speak sign language! Could you say how hard it's to learn sing language?

[@TheMeyerFamilyAroundTheWorld]

@@ascende_superius Well, for me it wasn't too difficult since I hung out with deaf people whose main communication was sign language. This is definitely the best way to learn any language...

[@shashankthapa659]

Hey! I felt like I was there in person, really enjoyed the interview! Cheers

[@the.sleepypotato]

speaking different languages is a talent’ not everyone can be bilingual’ i speak english,bengali,hindi,korean,arabic and honestly i love to learn new languages so now i am trying to fix my korean language skills and trying to be fluent’!🧡